Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen might never appear together on-screen again, but the twins are still very much a team. The 21-year-olds made a name for themselves reciting one-liners as little Michelle Tanner on Full House. As children, they made numerous successful home videos aimed at little girls (playing sisters pulling each other out of sticky comedic situations, of course). But they say pairing up on-screen is not in their future.

Every genre has its critical darlings, and in musical theater, few inspire more rhapsodic praise than four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. So intense is stage pundits' and fans' devotion to this singer/actress that the Roundabout Theatre Company has seen fit to revive a relatively obscure work as a vehicle for her, much as it revived The Apple Tree for Kristin Chenoweth last fall.

Perfect Drift is winless in six starts this season, placing second four times. Let no one call him a loser. The 7-year-old gelding will make an unprecedented fifth consecutive start in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Churchill Downs, a testament to his extraordinary ability to remain competitive against the world's best horses.

This week, an Arizona family with a daughter who needs blood transfusions to survive is sponsoring its second annual International Blood and Bone Marrow Drive to benefit the American Red Cross. The goal is to motivate anyone who has ever thought of donating to do it this week or pledge to schedule a future donation date.

A British documentary team conducted extensive research and concluded a Australian man's ancestors were cheated out of the crown in the 15th century, meaning he should rightfully be the British head of state. But 'King Mike I' says he doesn't want the crown.

The '80s are back. The 1880s, that is. The nation's birth rate peaks in September, and many new parents will pick names that were equally popular in the Victorian era. One-fourth of 2004's top 20 names also were in the top 20 in 1880, according to the Social Security Administration's baby name database, which records the names of Social Security card applicants born after 1879.